I never go to Kotaku, nor do I keep up with Dota 2 news... I only get my game news through either gamespot, or a dutch site, and even then I only follow what interests me (and Dota 2 isnt one of those things).

Hiryu I understand a little more why you like Taric now. I just won a ranked game as Taric where we had DC top garen, a teemo who was a bit of everything, and a bad karthus. I built fat tank and we somehow won because I figured that Hiryu wouldn't give up on this, not with his lovely Manric calling the shots.

I've carried games so hard with him. AND I PLAYED AD TARIC BEFORE IT WAS COOL! Not like all these new players that needed these changes...This change only made me go back to a full tank build instead of a support build. Which means I went back to Rod of Ages, Abyssal Scepter, Runic Bulwark and now Frozen Heart because of the new Shatter.And now I kinda have to leave the lane more often, lack of the old passive does that.

Man, been so long since I've played Taric. Like 4 years ago he was my main

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

Yeah I'm happy to hear about the Karma remake, although she's really pretty damn strong in lane, people dont give her enough credit. Only reason they're doing the remake, besides the fact that she's the least played champion, is because they wanted to update her Lore properly and her looks/abilities due to it.

I have come to the realization that Shaco is not, infact, a useless character. The problem is that his playstyle needs to be that middleground between Overly cautious and Extremely aggressive. Once you're caught that's it for you 9 times out of 10. Deceive is big cooldown but that doesn't mean that it doesn't do the job required.

For jungle, take shaco with the Machete x5 potions. at 42s put a Jitb at wolves. Place 2-3 more (Depending on your cdr) directly behind where the blue buff will spawn, if it isn't just right you will end up killing the little minions and ruin your jungle entirely.Minions have spawned. 1:40 the wolves spawn. Your JitB will do some initial aggro, but try to work your way around to the back of the big wolf to get your passive off. You WILL need help to get them down before blue spawns. Kill blue, Preferably without having to use smite (Do not get help from singed poisons, Darius' passive, or teemo with E.) once done, rush to red and put down 2 boxes just outside of the actual camp. Aggro the red into them and get behind. Smite. gank. Win forever.

Runes:armor/magic pen marks, AD or gp10 seals, Armor glyphs, and armor/magic pen quints. I prefer to take the gp10 seals in case farming goes south or not a lot of gank opportunities.

Masteries are a standard 21 offense, with all the armor pen, and then 9 into support. For the 9th point I either take the 0.5gp10 or the buff duration (depending on team comp/runes I have in place already.) The gold-per may not make a huge difference, but every penny counts!

If the enemy team has a lot of cc, consider swapping out cleaver for something like Mercurial Scimitar. No sense dieing to something stupid or getting caught to long with your pants down.

Teamfights is simple. Either slow an enemy with a teammate and WALK into the fight, do NOT waste your Q, and proceed to do your damage. If more enemies comes in you must gauge if it is wise to fight or flee. Lots of cc? deceive out and wait for the CC to start, or bait with scimitar. Hit R as early as possible to get the most out of that little bastard. (I like to use q and then R, because it removes any pings you have on you beforehand.)

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."